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Date:      Thu, 11 Sep 1997 18:11:46 +0400 (MSD)
From:      =?KOI8-R?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?= <ache@nagual.pp.ru>
To:        David Greenman <dg@root.com>
Cc:        "Chad R. Larson" <chad@dcfinc.com>, Peter Wemm <peter@spinner.dialix.com.au>, current@FreeBSD.ORG, stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: HEADS UP: *tetris* files removed from cvs repository... 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970911180507.6661A-100000@lsd.relcom.eu.net>
In-Reply-To: <199709111237.FAA20965@implode.root.com>

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On Thu, 11 Sep 1997, David Greenman wrote:

> >At 09:20 AM 9/11/97 +0400,<ache@nagual.pp.ru> wrote:
> >>I don't understand why it is removed and not renamed instead.
> >>Is it supposed to come back under different name?
> >>The code itself is written from scratch and _not_ illegal.
> >
> >It would seem to me that a simple re-name would take care of the legal issues.
> >Call it "breakout".  :-)
> 
>    It's possible that after the code has been sanitized of "tetris" that it
> could come back under a different name. This will require source changes 
> and is not a concern right now, however. We were compelled to take immediate
> action.

I can take this "sanitizing" task. Could you please describe me
(privately) your point of view on this process since you are more familiar
with those trademark laws? Do you have any good name candidade to not
break someone trademark again? :-)

-- 
Andrey A. Chernov
<ache@null.net>
http://www.nagual.pp.ru/~ache/




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